Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 14589

Meningitis: Vaccination

Tabled: 30 June 2026

Answered: 10 July 2026

Named Day

Question

Samantha Niblett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current eligibility criteria for the MenB catch up vaccination programme; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending e

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

On 12 June 2026, I announced a one-off, time-limited meningococcal group B (MenB) immunisation programme to protect those at highest immediate risk of MenB disease this autumn.People currently in the Year 13 age group in England and Wales, those born from...

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